Coma (2022 movie)

Coma is a 2022 French film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello. The film made its world premiere at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival competing in the Encounters section on 12 February 2022, where it won the FIPRESCI Award. This was the last movie filmed by actor Gaspard Ulliel and the first movie to be released after his death. The film mixes animation and live action and tells the story of a teenage girl who is locked up in her house during a global health crisis and navigates between dreams and reality, until she starts following a disturbing and mysterious YouTuber named Patricia Coma. It stars Louise Labèque, Julia Faure, Gaspard Ulliel, Laetitia Casta, Vincent Lacoste, Louis Garrel and Anaïs Demoustier. The film will be released in theaters in France on 16 November 2022.

Cast
 Julia Faure as Patricia Coma
 Louise Labèque as Young Girl
 Laetitia Casta as Sharon (voice)
 Gaspard Ulliel as Scott (voice)
 Vincent Lacoste as Nicholas (voice)
 Louis Garrel as Dr. Ballard (voice)
 Anaïs Demoustier as Ashley (voice)

Marketing
The first image showing Louise Labèque, the full cast and plot details were revealed on 2 February 2022.

Two clips from the film titled "Catatonie" and "Cullen" were released on 10 February 2022. The clip titled "Cullen" featured the voices of Gaspard Ulliel and Laetitia Casta as the dolls Scott and Sharon, respectively.

Belgian distributor Best Friend Forever released a poster and an exclusive 20-second teaser trailer for the film on their Instagram account on 11 February 2022.

On 16 February 2022, Best Friend Forever released on their Instagram account a new 9-second clip featuring Louise Labèque playing an electronic device similar to Rubik's Cube.

Release
On 2 February 2022, it was announced that Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever had bought the film.

The film had its world premiere in the Encounters section at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2022. New Story will release the film in theaters in France on 16 November 2022.

Awards and nominations
 Award / Film Festival  Category Recipient(s) Result2022 Berlin Film Festival Encounters Bertrand Bonello  FIPRESCI Award Bertrand Bonello 2022 Istanbul Film Festival Golden Tulip Bertrand Bonello 2022 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Film Festival Golden Lady Harimaguada Award for Best Feature Film Bertrand Bonello 

 References 

 Other websites 

 Coma at UniFrance

Category:2022 drama movies
Category:2022 fantasy movies
Category:French-language movies
Category:French drama movies
Category:French fantasy movies
Category:Movies set in the 2020s
Category:Movies directed by Bertrand Bonello